| dorsum pedis | The back, or upper surface, of the foot. Synonym: dorsum pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dorsum pedis reflex | Percussion of the dorsum of the foot causes flexion of the toes; present in a pyramidal lesion. Synonym: dorsum pedis reflex, Mendel-Bechterew reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tinea pedis | Tinea involving the feet, particularly the interdigital spaces and soles, most often caused by Trichophyton rubrum, T. Mentagrophytes or Epidermophyton floccosum and characterised by intensely pruritic lesions varying from mild, chronic and scaling to acute exfoliative, pustular and bullous. (18 Nov 1997) |
| facies lateralis digiti pedis | The lateral surface of a toe. Synonym: facies lateralis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies medialis digiti pedis | The medial surface of a toe. Synonym: facies medialis digiti pedis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis | Insensibility to pressure over the tendo achillis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radix dorsalis | The sensory root of a spinal nerve, having a dorsal root ganglion containing the nerve cell bodies of the fibres conveyed by the root in its distal end. Synonym: radix posterior, radix sensoria, posterior root, radix dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae radialis | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the radial artery that passes to the back of the wrist to join the dorsal carpal network. Synonym: ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae radialis, ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae ulnaris | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the ulnar artery that passes to the dorsal side of the carpus to enter the dorsal carpal network. Synonym: ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae ulnaris, ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae radialis | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the radial artery that passes to the back of the wrist to join the dorsal carpal network. Synonym: ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae radialis, ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae radialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae ulnaris | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the ulnar artery that passes to the dorsal side of the carpus to enter the dorsal carpal network. Synonym: ramus carpeus dorsalis arteriae ulnaris, ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae ulnaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus corporis callosi dorsalis | The dorsal corpus callosal branches, branches of the medial occipital artery to the dorsum of the corpus callosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus cutaneus medialis rami dorsalis arteriarum intercostalium posteriorum III-XI | Medial cutaneous branch of dorsal branch of posterior intercostal arteries. See: medial cutaneous branch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus dorsalis | <anatomy, nerve> The smaller, posteriorly-directed major terminal branch (with the ventral primary ramus) of all 31 pairs of mixed spinal nerves, formed at the intervertebral foramen and turning abruptly posteriorly to divide into lateral and medial branches, both of which will supply the deep (true) muscles of the back. The medial branch (rami medialis ) of the dorsal primary ramus also supplies articular branches to the zygopophyseal joints and the periosteum of the vertebral arch. In the neck and upper back, the medial branch continues through the deep and superficial back muscles to supply overlying skin; in the lower back, the lateral branch does this. Nomina Anatomica lists dorsal primary rami as "rami dorsales" for each group of spinal nerves: 1) cervical (nervorum cervicalium ), 2) thoracic (nervorum thoracicorum ), 3) lumbar (nervorum lumbalium ), 4) sacral (nervorum sacralium ), and 5) coccygeal (nervi coccygei ). Synonym: ramus dorsalis nervorum spinalium, ramus dorsalis, rami posteriores nervorum spinalium, dorsal branch, posterior primary division. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus dorsalis arteriae lumbalium | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch (with ventral branch) of the 4-5 lumbar arteries, distributed to lumbar portion of back, posterior vertebral column, and spinal cord and environs. Synonym: ramus dorsalis arteriae lumbalium. (05 Mar 2000) |